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Chatham schools outline mental-health supports after student death; district reviews response
Summary
Board and administrators described existing counseling programs, partnerships and monitoring systems and said they are reviewing the district's response after a recent student death at Chatham High School.
Parents and board members pressed the School District of the Chathams Board of Education about mental-health supports after a recent student death at Chatham High School; administrators said the district provides multiple in-school clinicians, community partnerships and online monitoring and is reviewing its response.
Dr. Sortino, a school administrator, told the board that the district employs "30 some odd mental health providers" and that each school has at least one counselor or psychologist. "Our middle school has a tier 3 provider, known as an aspire provider," Dr. Sortino said, and the district has "3 clinicians, 2 at the high school, 1 at the middle school" in addition to counselors and social workers.
The district also described partnerships and programs used to…
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